Assaults

News about Assaults, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 17, 2015

Authorities say Samuel Thornton, man suspected of attacking off-duty New York police officer and stealing her department-issued gun, is arrested in Philadelphia; officer was carrying gun in her purse, in apparent violation of department regulations. MORE

Jul. 16, 2015

Off-duty police officer in Bronx is attacked by man who steals department-issued handgun from her purse; assault illustrates why officers are told not to carry weapons in anything other than holsters on their bodies. MORE

Jul. 14, 2015

Authorities disclose new details about confrontation that led to misdemeanor battery charge against Aaron Kromer, offensive-line coach for the Buffalo Bills; Kromer and his son confronted three boys following dispute on beach. MORE

Jul. 13, 2015

Brooklyn teenagers Jordan Lewis and Aakif Murray remain in stable condition after being shot at West Indian music festival in Mount Prospect Park; are believed to have been bystanders hit by stray bullets. MORE

Jul. 13, 2015

Buffalo Bills offensive line coach Aaron Kromer is arrested in Florida on battery charge. MORE

Jul. 2, 2015

Alejandro Morales, felon diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, attacks his lawyer in courtroom immediately after being cleared of murder of 9-year-old boy by reason of insanity. MORE

Jul. 1, 2015

Florida State University freshman quarterback De’Andre Johnson is charged with battery for allegedly punching woman at Tallahassee, Fla, bar; is suspended indefinitely from football team. MORE

Jun. 29, 2015

Artist and bow-tie designer Tyrelle D Shaw, driven by feelings of rejection, attacked at least four women of Asian descent in Manhattan before committing suicide in elevator shaft; talented but troubled 25-year-old came from broken home. MORE

Jun. 28, 2015

Junot Diaz describes being deeply affected by being beaten up by other kids while in junior high and years it took for him to recover from fear incident instilled in him. MORE

Jun. 24, 2015

Woman is attacked in middle of day in Bryant Park by man with machete; man is arrested and charged with assault; woman is in stable condition. MORE

Jun. 23, 2015

Druse protesters attack Israeli military ambulance in Golan Heights; drag out two men who were wounded in Syrian civil war, killing one and critically injuring other. MORE

Jun. 22, 2015

Sean Combs, known as Diddy, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an incident involving a kettlebell at U.C.L.A. MORE

Jun. 21, 2015

The Ethicists column panel answers question about whether to return wedding ring lost by participant in ugly street brawl. MORE

Jun. 18, 2015

Man identified as ethnic Uighur who was hitting people with cement brick at train station in Xi'an, China, is shot and killed by police. MORE

Jun. 18, 2015

Manhattan detectives are seeking Tyrelle D Shaw in connection with series of attacks on Asian women after his relatives contact authorities; family grew concerned after seeing surveillance video and noticing series of blog posts by Shaw that claimed connection with crimes and threatened suicide. MORE

Jun. 17, 2015

Police believe that four separate attacks on women in Manhattan are bias crimes committed by one man; all victims are Asian and all were struck in face with hard object concealed in plastic bag. MORE

Jun. 10, 2015

Undercover New York City police detective Wojciech Braszczok and co-defendant Robert Sims are convicted in motorcycle gang assault on SUV driver Alexian Lien; both are found guilty on various charges, but are acquitted on most serious charge of first-degree gang assault; police department spokesman indicates that Braszczok will be fired. MORE

Jun. 6, 2015

Prosecution and defense conclude their arguments in trial against New York Police Detective Wojciech Braszczok and Robert Sims, who have been charged with gang assault and other charges for their role in attack on Alexian Lien in New York City in 2013; both men have waived right to jury and Justice Maxwell Wiley will decide the case; men had been participating in biker rally at time of assault. MORE

Jun. 3, 2015

Undercover New York City police detective Wojciech Braszczok testifies in his own defense at trial for 2013 attack on driver Alexian Lien during motorcycle rally; says he fled scene because he feared for his own safety and did not call 911 because he thought police were already on the way; admits to hitting back window of SUV and to initially lying to supervisors and colleagues about incident. MORE

Jun. 3, 2015

Teenagers Eric Pek, Emanuel Burrows and Sanat Asliev are arrested and charged as adults for assault, rape and robbery of woman in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood; police track boys, who were caught by surveillance cameras at all-night deli and in woman's apartment building, to residence in Brooklyn run by Boys Town organization. MORE

May. 25, 2015

Reporter's Notebook; viewpoints vary in case of gang of motorcyclists who assaulted driver on West Side Highway in 2013 despite wealth of evidence in form of video recordings taken by witnesses and participants; case, in which electrician Robert Sims and New York City Police Detective Wojciech Braszczok are standing trial, addresses larger issue of wild motorcycle rallies that occasionally disrupt city. MORE

May. 22, 2015

Arizona woman Holly Solomon pleads guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and is sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for running over her husband Daniel Solomon in her Jeep because he failed to vote in 2012 presidential election. MORE

May. 22, 2015

Sergio Conseugra, Washington Heights man who halted 2013 biker attack on Alexian Lien, testifies at trial of Wojciech Braszczok and Robert Sims, two men accused of taking part in attack; says he thought Lien had been killed before he called police. MORE

May. 21, 2015

Authorities arraign New York City man David Baril on multiple assault charges, identifying him as man who attacked several people at random with hammer; police disclose that Baril, who was arraigned from his hospital bed, has schizophrenia and recently resided at shelter for mentally ill. MORE

May. 20, 2015

Rosalyn Ng, passenger in SUV that was attacked by gang of motorcyclists on West Side Highway in 2013, testifies at trial of Robert Sims and Wojciech Braszczok; says she and her husband Alexian Lien feared for their lives as well as their 2-year-old daughter's when they ran over one biker in attempt to flee gang. MORE

May. 19, 2015

Alexian Lien, driver of SUV involved in confrontation with large group of motorcyclists on West Side Highway in 2013, testifies against Robert Sims and undercover police officer Wojciech Braszczok, two men accused of assaulting him; he describes his panic and fear for lives of his wife and daughter. MORE

May. 18, 2015

Police are seeking roughly five suspects following group assault and robbery of a 16-year-old boy aboard subway in Brooklyn; cellphone footage shows group of young men or teenagers; authorities say incident underscores need for additional police to prevent gang violence. MORE

May. 15, 2015

New York City police file assault charges against David Baril, hammer-attack suspect who was shot by officer in Manhattan; he is in critical condition. MORE

May. 14, 2015

New York City police officers shoot and wound David Baril, suspect in multiple hammer attacks throughout city over several days; fired on Baril, who has history of mental illness and arrests, when he attacked one of them with blood-stained hammer; incident exemplifies dangers faced by police at time when use of force has come under national scrutiny. MORE

May. 14, 2015

Michael Wilson Crime Scene column suggests that Eighth Avenue of Midtown Manhattan, where police shot hammer-attack suspect David Baril, retains seedy atmosphere that once dominated all of Times Square. MORE

May. 13, 2015

Justice Charles H Solomon of New York State Supreme Court sentences Julius Graham to 23 years in prison for stabbing five people, including 18-month-old baby, with broken pair of scissors in Manhattan's Riverside Park. MORE

May. 13, 2015

Staten Island man Anthony Ward is charged with one count of second-degree murder in fatal stabbing of Damian Yordan, which took place during fight on relatively quiet residential block. MORE

May. 12, 2015

George Zimmerman, Florida man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin in 2012, is reportedly injured by flying glass in shooting sparked by an argument with another motorist in Lake Mary, Fla. MORE

May. 7, 2015

Marshall University running back Steward Butler is dismissed from team after he is charged with assaulting gay couple; other college football news noted. MORE

May. 6, 2015

New York City police officer identified only by badge number testifies at trial of undercover detective Wojciech Braszczok, who is accused of participating in 2013 motorcycle gang assault on driver on West Side Highway; says Braszczok told him that he had been present during attack but was afraid to intervene or call police. MORE

Apr. 30, 2015

New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli releases report finding that Education Dept failed to disclose nearly one third of violent episodes at 10 New York City public schools under review; department is required to report all such cases. MORE

Apr. 22, 2015

Manhattan man Manuel Israel is charged on 36 counts, including robbery as a hate crime, for attacking and robbing six women of Chinese descent in Brooklyn's Borough Park neighborhood. MORE

Apr. 9, 2015

Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland is hospitalized in New York City following stabbing outside Chelsea nightclub 1 Oak; Copeland's companion, Katrine Saltara, and another woman, Catherine Somani, are also hospitalized after attack; police arrest Shevoy Bleary-Murdock and charge him with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon. MORE

Mar. 16, 2015

Investigators are struggling to determine how Sunil Poonai, newly-arrived inmate at Rikers Island, was able to obtain large kitchen knife and slash another inmate, Martin Street; incident follows one day after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio visited facility to unveil new plan aimed at curbing smuggling into city's jails. MORE

Mar. 15, 2015

Teenage girls Aniah Ferguson, Tilani Marshall, Mercedes Wilkinson and two others are arrested on charges of gang assault and robbery of 15-year-old Ariana Taylor in McDonald's in Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn; assault, captured on cellphone video, has drawn widespread attention and ire. MORE

Mar. 12, 2015

Police and prosecutors in New York City are struggling with how to classify death of Gilbert Drogheo, who was fatally shot by retired correction officer William J Groomes during subway altercation; district attorney's office is still weighing whether use of force was justified; police charge Drogeho's friend Joscelyn Evering with assault and menacing in same incident. MORE

Mar. 11, 2015

Mark W Lippert, American ambassador to South Korea who was attacked at a breakfast meeting five days ago, is released from Seoul hospital; Kim Ki-jong, who says he slashed Lippert's face and arm with a kitchen knife to protest joint military exercises, faces attempted murder and other charges. MORE

Mar. 10, 2015

Many South Koreans express dismay at country's outpouring of contrition after knife attack on American ambassador Mark W Lippert, saying display is overblown. MORE

Mar. 9, 2015

Six people are stabbed and one woman is assaulted and robbed during concert by rap group Migos in Albany; police are conducting investigation; incident follows violent episode in October 2014, when three people were shot during Migos after-party in Queens. MORE

Mar. 7, 2015

United States officials say single unarmed South Korean police bodyguard was provided to protect Mark W Lippert, American ambassador to South Korea who was attacked in Seoul by Kim Ki-jong; statement adds to questions about whether security provided was too lax. MORE

Mar. 7, 2015

Palestinian man Mohammed Salaymeh is arrested after ramming car into group of Israeli pedestrians and lunging at security guards with knife near police station in East Jerusalem. MORE

Mar. 5, 2015

Mark W Lippert, United States ambassador to South Korea, is attacked in Seoul by knife-wielding man Kim Ki-jong, who says he opposes military exercises being carried out between South Korea and US; Lippert is taken to hospital with facial wound. MORE

Mar. 3, 2015

Attica Correctional Facility guards Sean Warner, Keith Swack and Matthew Rademacher plead guilty to misdemeanor charge of misconduct in severe 2011 beating of inmate George Williams; Williams, who suffered broken legs, broken ribs, broken shoulder and other injuries, has filed civil rights lawsuit against guards, who are spared jail time from plea deal in exchange for being barred from working in prison system. MORE